Trajectories of sustainability transitions in scale-transcending innovation systems: The case of photovoltaics

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions

Volumn 17, Issue , 2015, Pages 110-125

  Dewald, Ulrich ^a   Fromhold Eisebith, Martina ^b  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Geography of sustainability transitions; Innovation systems; Multi scalar processes; Phase dynamics; Photovoltaic technology

Indexed keywords

EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; SUSTAINABILITY;

GERMANY;

EID: 84953839355     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22104224     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2014.12.004     Document Type: Article

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